Canon law and the letters of Ivo of Chartres /
"Ivo of Chartres was one of the most learned scholars of his time, a powerful bishop and a major figure in the so-called Investiture Contest. Christof Rolker here offers a major new study of Ivo, his works and the role he played in the intellectual, religious and political culture of medieval E...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;
4th ser., 76. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Ivo of Chartres was one of the most learned scholars of his time, a powerful bishop and a major figure in the so-called Investiture Contest. Christof Rolker here offers a major new study of Ivo, his works and the role he played in the intellectual, religious and political culture of medieval Europe around c. 1100 AD. Comparing Ivo's extensive correspondence to the contemporary canon law collections attributed to him, Dr Rolker provides a new interpretation of their authorship. Contrary to current assumptions, he reveals that Ivo did not compile the Panormia as he shows that its compiler worked in a distinct mental framework from Ivo. These findings call for a reassessment of the relationship between Church Reform and scholasticism and shed new light on Ivo as both a scholar and bishop"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Series number of volume from publisher's Web site. EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook Religion Collection Worldwide |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 386 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-372) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511675447 0511675445 9780511672194 0511672195 9780511674709 0511674708 0521766826 9780521766821 9781107692022 1107692024 |
